CommonBond, the student loan lending platform, has raised $50M in Series D funding from investors that include August Capital, Nyca Partners, Tom Glocer, Vikram Pandit, Fifth Third Capital, Neuberger Berman Group, First Republic Bank, and Columbia Seligman Investments. Founded by David Klein, Jessup Shean, and Michael Taormina in 2011, CommonBond has now raised a total of $128.7M in equity funding and another $675M in debt.

"This round of equity powers our expansion as a leader in fintech, enabling more ways for us to improve the financial health of our members," said David Klein, CommonBond CEO and co-founder. "We've set out to build a great company for the long term by focusing on the fundamentals  exceptional customer experience, best-in-class technology, and a culture of respect and discipline. I'm incredibly proud of the team for maintaining maniacal focus on our customers and broader stakeholders, positioning the company exceedingly well to continue scaling on behalf of our members."

Burrow

$14M - Series A

Burrow, the modular, direct-to-consumer couch company, has raised $14M in Series A funding led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with participation from Correlation Ventures, Red & Blue Ventures, and Y Combinator Continuity. For Burrow founders Kabeer Chopra and Stephen Kuhl, this brings the company's total reported funding raised to $18.3M over two rounds

Fraud.net

$2.2M

Crowdsourced online platform for fraud prevention for merchants, Fraud.net that was founded by Whitney Anderson in 2013, has raised $2.2M in funding according to a recent SEC filing.